Direct transfer of LPG subsidy in 20 districts from June 1

16 May 2013 Evaluate

The government will provide subsidy to LPG consumers in 20 districts across the country from June 1, 2013. The consumers in the select districts will get the subsidy amount transferred into their bank accounts linked with Aadhaar number helping the government to cut its subsidy outgo by up to Rs 10,000 crore annually by eliminating diversions.

Oil Minister M Veerappa Moily said that 76 lakh consumers in 20 districts will get Rs 435 in their bank accounts every time, when they book a LPG refill. The government intends to extend the scheme to rest of the country but want to see the results of the roll-out in these 20 districts.

By adding further, the minister said that although 89 per cent of the LPG consuming population in these districts has Aadhaar number, the government will give a three-month grace period to them to procure the UID number and seed it with their bank accounts where cash subsidy has to be transferred. From September 1, only consumers having Aadhaar and banks accounts linked to them will get cash subsidy and the rest will have to buy LPG at market price, he added.

There are around 14 crore LPG consumers in India in which 2.5 crore were suspected to be duplicate or consumers holding more than one connection at the same address. Once the DBT for LPG is implemented, the government subsidy will reach the intended beneficiary only.    

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